Abhirami Ammai Pathikam Set II(Tamil)

(This great prayer has been written by Abhirama Bhattar who lived in Thirukadayur. But his major work in Abhirami Andathi , which also I have translated and put in the web site. People wanting to know more about Abhirama Bhattar are requested to refer to my introduction to the translation of Abhirami Andathi. Though Abhirama Bhattar has contributed three sets of prayers called pathigam addressed to this same Goddess, the prayer in this set I is more famous than the set II and well known.
I have taken this great prayer from a book called Abhirami Bhattarain Pathigangal , where the Tamil meaning of these prayers are given by Abhiramadasan Meenakshi Sundaram Mohan, published by the author .I owe my deep gratitude to this great translation which helped me understand the meaning of all the difficult words in this great prayer.)

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur ,
Who holds the holy wheel ,Whose names are famous,
Oh goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
Who has a face comparable to moon which makes Lord Shiva who wears thumbai flower wonder,
Who has eyes which pour out mercy , whose colour of hair makes rich clouds look white,
Whose pearl like neck wears the holy auspicious thread worn by him during marriage ,
Who holds the rope and goad in her divine hands , who wears serpent ring in her fingers,
Who has mountain like breasts which gives nectar to the devas,
And who wears shining anklets studded with the nine precious gems in her red feet ,
And makes this lowly one pray you and make him request you,
“Please come and bless me along with your divine husband on the bull which is your steed.”

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur
Who holds the holy wheel ,whose names are famous,
Who is the goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
Oh goddess with stain less characters, Oh Consort of Lord Shiva,
Would you have any mercy on this fool who never prayed your lotus like feet ,
And who due to extreme passion wandered like a dog thinking that this life on earth,
Is really the truth without realizing what is sin and what is bad fame ,
And was completely confused by the attachment due to affection and love ,
And thinking of various ways to attain a dame who had,
Pretty heavy hair made up with scented flowers , with moon like face ,
With fish like eyes , with pot like breasts , with swan like gait and a cheery talk.

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur
Which is blessed with scented Gardens where bees fly making humming sound,
Oh Goddess who holds the holy wheel and whose names are famous,
And who is the goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
The ordinary people choose only what is good , when they know that good and bad exist,
And I too chose it and so please do not find fault with my choice ,
And if only your divine mind takes mercy and blesses me,
Then this poor man would live and your mind knows that it is true,
Oh maid who gave us Lord Subrahmanya who occupied all hills and blesses us,
Oh Goddess with emerald colour , Oh pure one , Oh Bhairavi,
Oh merciful princess of the mountain.

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur ,
Whose fame was spread by the great saints like Sundrar belonging to Navalur,
Oh Goddess who holds the holy wheel and whose names are famous,
And who is the goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
Not one or two days but right from the day that I was born,
I suffered due to worries that never disappeared due to my very vacillating mind,
And it is true that when this slave of yours became like a bow
For which the string has been cut and it became useless
There were none to show mercy and tell me “Do not be scared” , except you.
Is it difficult for you to completely solve the problems of this poor one,
When you can create and look after several worlds in a second and not take an hour.

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur,
Which is a place where music is developed by human beings and devas,
Oh Goddess who holds the holy wheel and Whose names are very famous,
And Oh goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
Alas innumerable sorrows kept on growing and tormenting me ,
How Can my mind tolerate and live with them? I have never enjoyed ,
Even slightest pleasures in this life and as this is known to all, why are you asking me?
Your mind would have known this well and so even if I was a downtrodden,
Who has not done any god acts in last birth, please turn your full gaze on me,
And completely remove this problem from me.

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur Where the pretty Varahi lives,
Oh goddess who holds the holy wheel and who has famous names
Oh goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
If there is a sin done Knowingly or unknowingly by this slave ,
Do not get angry and disregard it and with a merciful heart,
And come with pity on me and after giving me a boon
That I would not further travel in this devious path,
You should protect and shower your grace on me , Oh primeval Goddess ,
Who gave souls to the bodies of various beings,
Oh Goddess whose lotus like feet is praised by Indra , Brahma and Lord Vishnu,
Oh Goddess who burnt the three cities, Oh Goddess who has the power of Indra,
Oh Ancient one , Oh Goddess of the three worlds
And the one who like a parrot tells only nice words.

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur ,
Which has several ponds in which red flowers open like the mouth of fish eyed maidens Oh goddess who holds the holy wheel ,whose names are famous,
Who is the goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
As I was forsaking friendship of cheating bad people , not telling a lie in any emergency,
Not following the path of bad things, without having any jealousy in the heart,
Not do any unnecessary acts , obeying all the words of all great people,
Not getting angry and surrendering to your lotus feet and singing about it,
Please shower your grace on me and protect me always .

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur ,
Oh goddess who holds the holy wheel ,Whose names are famous,
Who is the goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
When I narrated all my specific problems to one person,
And when he agreed to hear it and then replied that he cannot solve my problems
And that he cannot do anything out of pity,
Having known that even if little of the glance of your sweet ripe eyes were to fall,
On a grain of useless sand , it would become great mountains of valuable gold,
And also that you who created all the worlds and made it pretty with thirty two dharmas,
Would help quickly at the very proper time all those who meditate on you ,
I decided that I would believe fully only on your lotus like feet.

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous Thirukadayur ,
Which has ponds which has flowers like the blue lotus eyes of ladies ,
Oh goddess who holds the holy wheel ,Whose names are famous,
Who is the goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
When the horrible and powerful god of death riding on a dark blue buffalo ,
Having in his hand the deadly fearful rope came before Markandeya,
He saw him with fear and worshipped your husband Shiva,
The great blue necked god in his mind,
And that Shiva broke the linga in to two and came out along with you ,
And when he attacked the Kala with his shining trident ,
He fell on the floor like a mountain and Lord shiva kicked him with his left feet,
And showered his grace on the son of the sage who talked
And this shows the greatness of your grace,

Oh goddess who lives in the prosperous and famous Thirukadayur ,
Oh Goddess who holds the holy wheel and whose names are famous,
And who is the goddess who makes Lord Shiva happy, Oh Abhirami, Oh Parvathi,
Oh daughter of Himalaya, the king of mountains ,who gives all types of wealth,
Take pity on the good people who pray you daily in their heart and in this world,
Give them the sixteen great blessings of freedom from disease, education , money, grains
Truth, beauty , fame ,pride , youth, Knowledge , children , strength , bravery , long life ,
Victory and happy life, Oh Goddess with good characters, Oh administrator ,
Oh Do-gooder , Oh Goddess with the trident and Oh giver of auspiciousness,
I am your son and you are my mother , Can you not give all these to me?